Blacksmith Shop

Blacksmith Shop. A business day at Charles (Charley) Wesley Roberston's shop, the first in Tulsa, located at Archer Street and Main. He arrived in Tulsa, Indian Territory in 1887 in a covered wagon with his parents. He manufactured wagons, Star Wagons , and was Tulsa's first wagoner, later Tulsa's first chief of police. Left to right: Jess Brewer, Billie Sheddick, Charley Robertson, unidentified man, Sandford Matercs

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Blacksmith Shop. A business day at Charles (Charley) Wesley Roberston's shop, the first in Tulsa, located at Archer Street and Main. He arrived in Tulsa, Indian Territory in 1887 in a covered wagon with his parents. He manufactured wagons, Star Wagons , and was Tulsa's first wagoner, later Tulsa's first chief of police. Left to right: Jess Brewer, Billie Sheddick, Charley Robertson, unidentified man, Sandford Matercs

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